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Dan Rather: Collins 'misses her moment to be a hero' by voting for Kavanaugh
thehill.com ^ | 10/5/18 | John Bowden

Posted on 10/06/2018 4:02:56 AM PDT by a little elbow grease

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather argued Friday that Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) missed an opportunity to be a "hero" by announcing that she would vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

In a Facebook post after Collins announced her plans to vote for Kavanaguh during a lengthy speech on the Senate floor, the veteran anchor called the nomination battle a "devastating loss" for "most women" and some men.

"So Collins misses her moment to be a hero, and the old bulls win again," Rather wrote in the post.

"For most women and many men it’s a bitter, devastating loss. Which makes it all the sweeter for the old bulls, and for the forces of power, privilege and money everywhere," he added.

Rather wrote that his wife was "furious and deeply disappointed" by the day's news that Republicans have the votes necessary to confirm Kavanaugh on Saturday.

"Fill your lungs with the determined air of action. I find myself humming that old but powerful anthem of the Civil Rights Era. 'We'll walk hand in hand!' 'We are not afraid!' 'We shall overcome!'" he wrote, invoking Civil Rights-era messages.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: brettkavanaugh; collinskavanaugh; danrather; kavanaugh; rather; ratherbiased; scotus; senate; supremecourt; susancollins
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To: Trump_the_Evil_Left

I imagine the Democraps are forging fake letters and diaries now as fake evidence to get some Republican twenty years in the future. It may be a college project somewhere, forged in some professor’s basement.


81 posted on 10/06/2018 5:47:38 AM PDT by Ciexyz (I have one issue and it's my economic well-being.)
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To: a little elbow grease

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82 posted on 10/06/2018 5:49:44 AM PDT by Delmarksman (Pro 2A Anglican American (Ford and Chevy kill more people than guns do, lets ban them))
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To: MuttTheHoople

By winter, he and Warren can send each other smoke signals!


83 posted on 10/06/2018 5:51:32 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: a little elbow grease

Dan needs to face allegations of sexual assault.


84 posted on 10/06/2018 5:53:08 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: CitizenSailorChief
Why does this not begin - Disgraced Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather….

Exactly. That was my thought when I saw the title.

85 posted on 10/06/2018 5:55:06 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: a little elbow grease
Did any of these people actually hear what she said?

She said he is not that conservative, and he is not going to take away their precious Roe.

86 posted on 10/06/2018 5:56:48 AM PDT by MarMema
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To: a little elbow grease

She could have been fake, but accurate.


87 posted on 10/06/2018 6:06:00 AM PDT by mykroar (Congratulations President Trump)
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To: yldstrk

American Hero!


88 posted on 10/06/2018 6:12:15 AM PDT by gcparent
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To: a little elbow grease

Dan who?


89 posted on 10/06/2018 6:15:47 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: TruthBeforeAll

“Liberals seek to become heroes. Good people seek to do what’s right and in the process often become heroes.”

Very well stated!


90 posted on 10/06/2018 6:21:53 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: a little elbow grease

The more years he continues to run his mouth the more I wonder if he doesn’t have a hammer and sickle tattoo on one of his butt cheeks.


91 posted on 10/06/2018 6:21:58 AM PDT by servo1969
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To: a little elbow grease

Former CBS News liar...


92 posted on 10/06/2018 6:24:58 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

He’s pretty close to just yelling at passersby from his front door.


93 posted on 10/06/2018 6:28:10 AM PDT by MikePipper
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To: FrankR
Who are these old bulls he speaks of? I remember my grandmother use to always tell me, mess with the bull you will get the horns.🐃
94 posted on 10/06/2018 6:32:43 AM PDT by Peeps47 (Democrats are as corrupt as they are incompetent)
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To: a little elbow grease

It amazes me how Dan Rather can’t believe how stupid - what a pathetic tool - he is.


95 posted on 10/06/2018 6:34:10 AM PDT by Chengdu54
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To: a little elbow grease

Is Dan Rather still ALIVE? Too bad.


96 posted on 10/06/2018 6:39:24 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: CaptainMorgantown

Yes. Susan Collins doesn’t play by the rules of “Mr. Fake.”


97 posted on 10/06/2018 6:41:01 AM PDT by jazzlite
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To: a little elbow grease

Dan RatherNot.


98 posted on 10/06/2018 6:42:26 AM PDT by moovova
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To: a little elbow grease

Susan Collins missed being a hero to who Dan? You...lol


99 posted on 10/06/2018 6:44:28 AM PDT by wild74
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To: a little elbow grease

danR a phony if ever there was one.


100 posted on 10/06/2018 6:48:11 AM PDT by Leep (dog pol)
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